In a controversial measure, the voters of the state of Oklahoma banned the use of sharia law in making judicial decisions in the state.

Many have pointed out the the US Constitution actually should make it mute and unnecessary since Sharia Law is unconstitutional on many different levels.

However a New Jersey judge did refer to sharia recently in a domestic case and substantially excused the husband’s actions against his wife because he was Muslim and was merely following his religion. The ruling was later appealed and overthrown. The case was cited along with other European examples by the proponents of the measure.

Muslims in Oklahoma were mostly offended by the measure which seemed to be directed toward them. However proponents claimed that it was not directed against individual Muslims or their religion but merely the implementation of the code of law associated with Islam called Sharia.

The measure was also not intended to affect the right of Muslims to freely practice their religion according to the laws of this country. However Muslims point out that it is a useless law since there is no possibility of sharia law being implemented in America right now and tantamount to nothing more that a ‘scare tactic’.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out in court since some Muslim groups are talking about legally challenging the measure.